transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
ionization; ionisation; electrolytic dissociation
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)
intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
turning sideways; landscape orientation
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns; middle guard position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood; to turn red
back-to-back; facing in opposite directions; two sides of the same coin; inextricably linked (esp. with something dangerous or undesirable); on bad terms; at odds
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
classical form of martial art
sword strike; sword slash
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
defense; defence; protecting; preventing
contact; touch; tactile object; uncleanliness
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
silicic acid; silica; silicon dioxide
composure; calmness; self-possession; depositing (at the bottom); deposition; accumulation